Josh Groban kicked off his residency at New York City’s Radio City Music Hall on Valentine’s Day of 2020 — the first of what was supposed to be many shows. Of course, a month later, the pandemic hit and everything was canceled. But now, Josh has announced that he’s finally returning to the famed venue next spring.

“We are BACK!” he tweeted Thursday. “With great excitement and gratitude I’ll return to @RadioCity April 7-9. Each show will be unique with special surprises, celebrating the vibrant and talented melting pot of NYC.”

On Instagram, he added, “All tickets from the original 2020 dates will be honored…and I’ll see you there to celebrate.” Tickets are on sale now via Ticketmaster.com.

In addition to Josh performing his best-known songs and unexpected covers — such as Elton John‘s “Empty Sky” — that first show in 2020 featured a mix of comic, filmed video pieces and special guests, including Dr. Ruth Westheimer and an incredible cello player who Josh just happened to meet on the subway.

 

 

 

 

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Kenya Moore is down for NeNe Leakes to return to The Real Housewives of Atlanta.

Speaking with the New York Post, Kenya, 50, said, “I do think that she has a very interesting story to tell now, especially with the unfortunate passing of her husband [Gregg Leakes].”

Kenya added, “If it were up to her fans, they would say, ‘Absolutely yes, bring her back.’ She was a viable cast member for many, many years. [She’s] one of the OGs and you can’t take that away from the franchise.”

Kenya’s comment comes after longtime RHOA cast members Porsha Williams and Cynthia Bailey announced they would not be returning for season 14. Also, just last week, NeNe appeared on The Real and shared that she would be open to returning the Bravo reality series.  

“Yeah, sure, I’ll return to the show,” she said at the time. “I’m OK with returning to the show as long as we can work through a few things.”

“I’m happy to return to the show,” she continued. “And besides, I have a lot of unfinished business with a couple of them that they confirmed on the show [during Season 13].”

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Slipknot was down a member during the band’s headlining set at Florida’s Welcome to Rockville festival Thursday night.

Percussionist M. Shawn “Clown” Crahan missed the performance because he was recovering from surgery to repair his torn bicep tendon.

Clown apparently suffered the injury during the Knot’s show at Knotfest Los Angeles last week. In video posted to his Instagram, Crahan says you can “pinpoint the exact frame” where he “completely tore the bicep tendon from the radial tuberosity with proximal retraction, proximal to the coronoid fossa of the humerus.”

“You may have realized I was not on stage in Florida with my brothers and my culture tonight,” Clown wrote in the caption. “For this fact I am saddened.”

The good news is that the surgery was a success, and Crahan’s currently “recovering peacefully.”

“I can’t express how happy and blessed I am to have been able to come back to touring after all that we as a community have been through the last couple years,” he wrote. “And I promise we will see you all very soon.”

 

 

 

 

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Count Jack Antonoff among the many, many people excited about Taylor Swift‘s Red (Taylor’s Version).

The newly re-recorded edition of the pop star’s beloved 2012 album Red is out today. With it comes an expanded, 10-minute version of the fan-favorite tune “All Too Well,” which Antonoff co-produced with Swift.

“Honor of a lifetime to produce the 10 minute version of ‘All Too Well,'” Antonoff tweeted early Friday morning. He also shared his love for the songs “Babe” and “Forever Winter,” which he also co-produced, but added that “All Too Well” “needed its own tweet.”

A short film accompanying the 10-minute “All Too Well” will premiere Friday night at 7 p.m. ET.

Red (Taylor’s Version) also features production from The National‘s Aaron Dessner, who previously worked with Swift on her 2020 albums folklore and evermore, as well as a collaboration with Phoebe Bridgers on the track “Nothing New.”

“I just am so excited to have people take it at face value the day that it comes out, because I got teary recording it,” Bridgers told Billboard of the song. “I just couldn’t be more excited.”

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Hailey Bieber opened up about the “extremely difficult” time when her husband, Justin Bieber, decided to get clean.

Speaking to the Victoria Secret Voices podcast, the model said her family’s history with addiction prepared her for when Justin started working on his sobriety.

“There’s a lot of addiction that runs in our family. Not even just my dad, but a lot of other people on that side of my family struggled with a lot of different things,” the 24-year-old shared.

Hailey said she “appreciated” that her father, Stephen Baldwin, openly talked about his battles with substance abuse and how they “almost ruined his relationship with my mom.”

“He was always just extremely open about why being sober worked for him and why he needed to be sober and what alcoholic behavior looks like, and where that comes out,” she expressed, adding that his openness is what kept her from experimenting with drugs. 

“I was never somebody who struggled with any substances, but that’s because I was so aware of it because of my dad. He had a really big issue with cocaine and I was like, I’m never trying it because I’m just so scared that if I try it one time, it might lead into something else,” said Hailey, adding that her mother “barely drank wine” for the same reason.

Hailey said that also prepared her to support Justin when he began working on his sobriety. “It was extremely difficult,” she admitted, adding she felt “nervous” to talk about his drug use because it meant looking back at “some dark spaces” in his life.

However, Justin was “very open about it,” and Hailey commended his “good self awareness” because it helped him heal.

“I think that is all I can really ask for,” she said.

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Pink lost her father James Moore, a veteran, not long ago, and she paid tribute to him on his birthday with a photo showing his grave marker.  Yesterday, Veteran’s Day, she wrote another loving post honoring his memory and his service.

Posting his official military photo, Pink wrote, “Look at my handsome Papa. Thank you to all the women and men for your sacrifice and your service.”

She also captioned two additional photos in the same post, writing, “The second picture is me and my Dad and brother marching in Washington. The third is his beautiful memorial box that holds his ashes.”

“They used to call him twinkle toes for dancing when he was meant to be marching in line,” Pink concluded. “Hug a veteran today. Consensually of course.”

 

 

 

 

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For years, Taylor Swift fans have thought that the lyrics of her hit “Blank Space” mentioned “lonely Starbucks lovers.”  But what if it was intentional, and Taylor was playing the long game with a seven-year-long Easter egg?  Because now, she’s officially teamed up with the coffee chain to promote her new album, Red (Taylor’s Version).

Starbucks has been teasing the partnership for several days now by posting lyrics from various Red songs on social media and announcing, “It’s Red season.”  According to People, starting Friday, you can order the star’s favorite drink — a Grande Caramel Nonfat Latte — by asking for “Taylor’s Latte” or “Taylor’s Version” in stores and on the app. The drink labels for those lattes will read “(Tay’s).”

Starbucks also will be playing Taylor’s music in stores, and the company’s put together a playlist as well.  In addition, Taylor e-Gift cards are available.

Taylor first hinted at the partnership back in October, when she posted a video declaring her love of all things fall, which pointedly featured her drinking a Starbucks coffee.

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